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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






2. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






3. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans






4. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives






5. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






6. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






7. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits






8. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






9. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






10. A general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks - ideas or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts






11. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






12. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






13. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






14. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






15. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






16. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.






17. Budgeted cost of work scheduled






18. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used






19. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance






20. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






21. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle






22. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






23. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel






24. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






25. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






26. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities






27. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.






28. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.






29. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.






30. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.






31. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance






32. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects






33. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.






34. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed






35. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result






36. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






37. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com






38. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed






39. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process






40. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.






41. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






42. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






43. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






44. A source of variation that is inherent in the system and predictable. on a control chart - it appears as part of the random process variation and is indicated by random pattern of points within the control limits. also referred to as random cause






45. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






46. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






47. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques






48. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.






49. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






50. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.